ROMANS 25
We have seen in the previous lessons the 2 houses of Israel. The
Christians are the spiritual house of Israel and the Hebrews are the
physical house of Israel. We will continue on in Romans 11:16 "For if
the firstfruit [be] holy, the lump [is] also [holy]: and if the root
[be] holy, so [are] the branches."
James 1:18 "Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth,
that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures." Jesus
Christ is the root. In fact, He is the Tree and we are the branches.
A peach tree does not produce apples, but peaches. If Christ is the
tree, then we Christians are the branches. A Christian should be
Christ like.
Romans 11:17 "And if some of the branches be broken off, and
thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with
them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;"
The natural branches were the physical house of Israel {Hebrews}
and we Christians are the grafted in branches. All believers are the
spiritual house of Israel. Ephesians 3:6 "That the Gentiles should be
fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in
Christ by the gospel:" Revelation 11:4 "These are the two olive trees,
and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth."
Sometimes the graft in branch is stronger than the natural branch.
Romans 11:18 "Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast,
thou bearest not the root, but the root thee." Romans 11:19 "Thou wilt
say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in."
Romans 11:20 "Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou
standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:"
I Corinthians 10:12 "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth
take heed lest he fall." Hebrews 4:6 "Seeing therefore it remaineth
that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached
entered not in because of unbelief:" We Christians are like faithful
Abraham: saved by faith in Jesus Christ. Galatians 3:29 "And if ye
[be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the
promise." Lack of faith got the Hebrew branches cut off and our faith
got the Christian branches grafted in. Without faith it is impossible
to please God.
Romans 11:21 "For if God spared not the natural branches, [take
heed] lest he also spare not thee." Romans 11:22 "Behold therefore the
goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward
thee, goodness, if thou continue in [his] goodness: otherwise thou
also shalt be cut off."
Ezekiel 33:17 "Yet the children of thy people say, The way of
the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal."
Ezekiel 33:18 "When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and
committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby." Ezekiel 33:19 "But if
the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and
right, he shall live thereby." God will not allow wickedness to go on
unpunished. He is a forgiving God, but He is also the Judge of all the
earth. Revelation 2:5 "Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen,
and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee
quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou
repent." God will help us, if we love Him and do our best to follow
Him.
Romans 11:23 "And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief,
shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again." Romans
11:24 "For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by
nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree:
how much more shall these, which be the natural [branches], be graffed
into their own olive tree?"
Luke 21:24 "And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and
shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be
trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be
fulfilled." The they is speaking of the Jews. The end of the Gentile
age is near. God's blessings will go back to the physical house of
Israel. Jeremiah 31:33 "But this [shall be] the covenant that I will
make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I
will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts;
and will be their God, and they shall be my people." Hebrews 8:10 "For
this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after
those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and
write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they
shall be to me a people:" You see, this is not a statement of just the
Old Testament, but of the New Testament, as well. God loves all
Israel; physical and spiritual. Those 2 are the branches of the olive
tree.
Romans 11:25 "For I would not, brethren, that ye should be
ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits;
that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the
Gentiles be come in."
It greatly concerns me when I hear someone run our Jewish
brothers down. We have been warned over and over in the Holy Bible
not to think ourselves better than the natural Hebrew. We are not the
tree. We do not decide who is part of the tree and who is not. The
tree decides which branches He will accept and which branches He
rejects. It is none of our business. He does not have to explain to
you and me why He does it either. We should just be happy that He
allowed us to be grafted in to the tree.
Romans 11:26 "And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written,
There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away
ungodliness from Jacob:"
Micah 7:18 "Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth
iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his
heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth
[in] mercy." Micah 7:19 "He will turn again, he will have compassion
upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their
sins into the depths of the sea." Micah 7:20 "Thou wilt perform the
truth to Jacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto
our fathers from the days of old." So many people I know do not want
to believe that God will forgive the physical house of Israel. This is
so strange to me, because we were not worthy of His forgiveness and He
forgave us. Why would He not forgive His chosen family? My Bible says
that every knee will bow and every tongue confess Jesus when they see
Him coming in the clouds. My own personal belief is that the
Christians will not be on the earth for the wrath of God, but the
physical house of Israel will. I believe that the physical house of
Israel will accept Jesus as their Messiah during the great tribulation
that is coming on the earth. They will be saved as by fire.
I Corinthians 3:15 "If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer
loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire." We will get
into this more in a later lesson.
Romans 11:27 "For this [is] my covenant unto them, when I shall
take away their sins."
Jeremiah 31:33 "But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put
my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will
be their God, and they shall be my people."
Romans 11:28 "As concerning the gospel, [they are] enemies for
your sakes: but as touching the election, [they are] beloved for the
fathers' sakes."
Revelation 14:1 "And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount
Sion, and with him an hundred forty [and] four thousand, having his
Father's name written in their foreheads." Notice, here, that this
144,000 have the seal of the Father. The Christians have the covering
of the blood of Jesus Christ. Revelation 7:9 "After this I beheld,
and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations,
and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and
before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;"
Revelation 7:13 "And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What
are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?"
Revelation 7:14 "And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said
to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have
washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." You
can easily see the Christians are not part of the 144,000. These are
the 2 houses, one belong to the Father {144,000}, and the white robed
Christians belong to Jesus Christ the Lamb. We could go on and on
about this, but I believe we have made the point. Jeremiah 31:31
"Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:"
Jeremiah 31:32 "Not according to the covenant that I made with their
fathers in the day [that] I took them by the hand to bring them out of
the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an
husband unto them, saith the LORD:" Jeremiah 31:33 "But this [shall
be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After
those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts,
and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be
my people." Jeremiah 31:34 "And they shall teach no more every man his
neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they
shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them,
saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember
their sin no more."
Notes
Questions 25
1. If the first fruit be holy, the lump is also____.
2. If the root be holy, so are the ________.
3. Jesus is the root, and who are His branches?
4. Christians are called what in verse 17?
5. Who is of the spiritual house of Israel?
6. Revelation ch.11 v.4 is speaking of whom when it speaks of the two
olive trees?
7. We are warned to boast not against whom?
8. In ch.11 v.19 it appears that the Christians brag that physical
Israel was cut off, why are they bragging?
9. Be not ____ ______ but fear.
10. How are Christians like Abraham?
11. Without _____, it is impossible to please God.
12. In Romans ch.11 v.22, we are told to behold what 2 things?
13. In Romans ch.11 v.22 and in Ezekiel ch.33 v.18 we see what, that
is opposed to not being able to lose your salvation once you have
it?
14. Who is God, besides being a forgiving God?
15. Revelation ch.2 v.5 gives us one word that tells us how to get
back to God, what is it?
16. What hopeful statement for the natural Israelite is made in Romans
ch.11 v.23?
17. How long will Jerusalem be trodden down by the Gentiles?
18. In Jeremiah ch.31 v.33 what is the covenant God made?
19. Blindness in part is happened to Israel until when?
20. How much of Israel shall be saved in Romans ch.11 v.26?
21. In Micah ch.7 v.18, we read that God pardoneth iniquity because He
delights in what?
22. Where will He cast all their sins?
23. Eventually who will bow to Jesus?
24. In Jeremiah ch.31 v.33 God places His law where?
25. These of the house of Israel pertaining to election are beloved
for whose sake?
26. Whose name was on the 144,000 in Revelation ch.14 v.1?
27. In Revelation ch.7 v.14, who were those dressed in white?
28. Why is the answer to 26 and 27 important?
29. We find in Jeremiah, there will come a day when we will not teach
each other of God; then how will we know?
30. God will remember their___ no more.
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